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Chancel Choir
The Central Christian Church Chancel Choir is an integral part of worship that prepares a wide variety of service music. The choir offers fellowship in a spiritual setting with traditional worship and music and often invites guest artists like the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra. Please contact our office for more information.
The Chancel Choir provides service music at our 10:30 worship all year. This includes an Introit, prayer response, and an anthem. Music covers a wide variety of styles including classical, gospel, newly composed, and international. The choir is an accomplished group of singers who love to make music together and who care for each other. The rehearsals are Thursday evening from 7:00 to 8:30.
Central Christian Church Praise Team
Central Christian Church Praise Team is a ministry service which incorporates praise songs with visual arts to enhance the worship experience. This group leads fresh, contemporary praise music in a light, comfortable atmosphere.
Brass Choir
Central has a group of brass players who meet regularly to prepare music for worship. They meet on Thursday evening from 6:00 to 7:00. They play at least once a quarter and perform hymn arrangements and other classical material.
Solo and Ensembles
There is ample opportunity for individuals to contribute to the worship experience by sharing their gifts of music as a soloist or as part of an ensemble. Each worship service has a spot for special music.
John and Margaret Diller Memorial Organ
The John and Margaret Diller memorial organ was built and installed by Casavant Freres Limitee of Ste. Hyacinthe, Quebec in 1954-1955 for the new sanctuary at Central. The organ included 2,500 individual pipes in thirty-eight ranks. In 2001, Robert Dial of Springfield, IL built a new moveable console incorporating English keyboards and a solid state control system. Additions to the organ with new pipes and digital stops increased the scope of color available to the organist. Today it is one of the most revered organs in the Central Illinois region.